Rail-plate.



i To all whom Lima/y concern:

useful improvements in rail-plates; and the invention relates more particularlyto a se-y.

ries ofplates adapted to be supported by ties or sleepers to form a base or foundation for a PArENT OFFIC SIMON oLA Y. or CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-PLATE.

Be it knownthat If, SIMON CLARY, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at i I Carnegie, in the-county of Allegheny and;

Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Plates, of Which the following is a specification, refthe accompany- 'erence being had therein to mg drawings. i t p y i This invention relates to certain new and main rail and a guard-rail.

The primary ob 'ect'of the invention is to provide a novel form of rail-plate particu larly adapted to support a main rail and one ,tilting or tipping. 1 y In constructing my improved rail-plate I of my improvedguard-rails, such as is shown in patent granted tome August 22, 1905, No. 797,939. The guard-rail disclosed in this application is designed to either overlap or underlap the main rail, thereby preventing the 1 guard-rail from being displaced relatively to the main rail and preventing the same from aim to provide a seat for my improved guard rail and also provide means of adjustment, wherebythe peculiarly-formed base-flange of y {the guard-rail willlie beneath the plane of the base'of the-main rail, at the same time Crest upon the rail-plate and. prevent the guard-rail from becoming laterally displaced.

which will more readily appear as the nature of the inventionis better understood-the With the aboveand other objects in view,

same consists in-the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed,

and, referring to the drawingsaccompanying my improved rail-plates.

this application, like numerals of reference {designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in wh1ch.

Figure 1 is a plan of a section of rail having a guard-rail, said rails being supported by Fig.2 isa plan of a series of plates constructed in accordance withniy invention. Fig. 3" is a cross-sectional view taken on the liners; of Fig. 1.

"In the accompanying drawings 1 have 1 illustrated a section of rail 1, commonly known ,as a main rail. Associated With the main rail 1 is a guard-rail 2, said rail having Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed irile, 1906. Serial No. 310,380;

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

its ends bentoutwardly, as at 3 3. The inner base-flange 4 of the guard-rail 2 is bent downwardly to form a seat 5 for the inner base-flange 6 of the main rail 1, and in order that my improved guard-rail, the detail con,- struction of which is disclosed in another patent, may be supported by ties 7 I have de vised a series of rail-plates. c

In connection with the present type of main rail my improved series of plates consists of nine plates, one plate to a tie or sleeper. The three central plates 8 of the series are of equal length, while the length of the remainder of the plates varies. 'As the central portion of the guard-rail 2 lies in closer proximity to' the main rail 1 than the.

outwardly-bent ends 3 3, the central pl'atesS need not necessarily be as long as the'threef end plates 9 at each end of theis eriesfsaid end lates gradually increasing in length un openings 11 and 12, said openings being disposed one closer to the end of the plate than the. other, whereby the outer base-flange of the main rail 1 can be adjusted upon the plate '8 and secured to said plates by spikes 14:, which enter the ties 7, supporting the cen tral plates 8. The opposite end or edge of each plate 8 is also provided with a ridge 15, similar to the ridge 10; but the vertically-disposed openings 16 16, formed in this endor edge of the plate, are in a line parallel to the axis of the rail.

Intermediate the ends or edges of each plate 8 is formed a transverse seat or groove 17 to accommodate the base-flange 4 of the guard-rail 2, thereby permitting the'rails 1 .and 2 .to be supported upon a horizontal plane relative to one another, such as the plates 8. The seat or groove 17 of the plates 8 is provided with a vertically-disposed slot or oblong opening 18, while the base-flange 4. of the guard-rail 2 isprovided with similar openings 19. The openings ISY and 19 "per'-' fee I mit of the spikes being driven into the ties 7 to engage the inner flange :6 of the main rail 1 and firmly hold said main rail upon itsrailplates. The oblong openings 18 and 19 also permit of the main rail having a greater width of base than the rail shown, being mounted upon the plate 8 and secured thereto.

Reference now being had to the end plates 9 of the series, it will be observed that the seats 21 of said plates are irregular relative to the outer edges of said platesthat is, as

. the length of the plates increases the seats 21 of said platesare placed-approximately in the centerof said plates and at an angle relative to theedges or ends of said plates. The seats 21 of the plates 9 are adapted to support the outwardly-bent ends 3 3 of the guard-rail 2,

and in connection with these seats it will be observed that the ridges 22 22,carried by the inner ends of said plates, are also disposed at an angle, whereby the outer base-flange 23 of the guard-rail 2 can be firmly supported upon said plates, while the inner base-flange 4 will be secured in the seats '21 '21 by spikes passing throu 'h openings 24 24 adjacent to said seats. T eextreme end plates 25 25 of the series are provided with additional open- "ingsv26, whereby the inner base-flange =6 of the' ma m rail 1 can be secured to the plates 2'5 25 Ebyspikes 27 27, this being necessary,

owing-to the fact that considerable space exists between the outer bent ends 3 3 of the guard-rail and the main rail 1.

'Byreferring to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will-fbe-observed-that when'the series of plates are assembled the seats 17 and '21 of the series of plates are disposed upon a curved line relative to the alining outer edges of the series-of plates, this also being true inconnecr tion with the ridges 15 and 22, carried by the inner edges of the plates. The construction of my improved series of plates permits of the guard-rail 2 being easily and quickly spiked in position relative to the main rail 1,

it beingian extremely simple'operation to err- What I claim, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

1. The combination with a main rail, and a guard-rail having a portion of its baseflange overlapped by the base-flange of said main rail, of a series of plates, said plates having seats formed therein, to receive a portion of the base-flange of said guard-rail, ridges carried by the ends of said plates and adapted to engage the outer base-flanges of said rails, and means .to secure said rails upon said plates, substantially as described.

2. A main-rail and a guard-rail supporting means, comprising a series of rail-plates on which both the main rail and the guard-rail rest, the'plates adjacent one end of the series being of greater length than the intermediate plates of the series whereby to accommodate the outwardly-curved end of the guard-rail.

3. A main-rail and a guard-rail supporting means, comprising a series of rail-plates on which both the main rail and the guard-rail rest, each plate having a seat to receive the guard-rail, the seats varying in position on the plates to conform to the outwardly-curved ends of the guard-rail;

4. A raillate provided on its upper face witha seat l ying below the upper face of said rail-plate, in combination with a guardrail having its base flange on one side resting in said seat, said base-flange of the guard-rail and the plate provided with registeringopenings, a main rail overlapping the base-flange of the guard-rail, and a spike passed through said registering openings to secure both rails to the rail-plate.

5. A rail-plate for supporting a main rail and .a guard-rail, and comprising a plate having a ridge or flange on its upper face adjacent one'end toengage with the outer edge of the base-flange of a main rail, and having a ridge or flange at its opposite end to engage with the outer edge of the base of a guardrail, the said plate having that part of its upper face on which the main-rail base and a part'of the guard -'rail baserests, on the same plane, and the remainder ot its upper face, on which the remainder of the guard-rail base rests, on adifiierent plane, and a common securing means for the base on-onesideof the main mil and the base-on the adjacent side of thezguard-rail.

'6. A main-railand a guard-railsupporting means, comprising a series of rail-plates on which both the main rail and the guard-rail rest, some of said plates being of the same length, and other of said plates being of different lengths.

7. A series of rail-plates shaving seats formed therein, some of said plates being of a greater length than the other of'said plates,

ridges carried bysaid plates, and means to secure plates to said ties, substantially asdescribed.

8. A series of rail --plates having seats formed therein, some of sa id'plates beingof-a greater length than the other o'f-said plates, substantially as described.

'9. A series of rail-plates .adapted'to support-a main railand a-guard railhaving overlapping bases, the plates adjacent each end .of theseries being of greater length than the intermediate plates whereby to accommowith the outer edge of the base of a guardrail, the said plate having that part of its upper face on'whioh the baseof one of said rails and a part of the base of the other of said rails rests, on the same plane, and the remainder of its upper face on which the remainder of the base of the other of said rails rests, on a different plane, and a common securing means for the base on one side of the main rail and the base on the adjacent side of the guard-rail.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SIMON OLARY. Witnesses:

E. E. POTTER, H. C. EVERT. 

